Ingredients

  • 500 g penne pasta
  • 1/2 kg fine mince meat
  • 2 large onions
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste (40ml)
  • 1 large carrot
  • 1 teaspoon curry
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/2 cup grated cheese
  • salt and pepper
  • olive oil

Method

  • Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius or 356 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • Boil water for pasta in a large pot (don't start cooking sauce until water is almost boiling).
  • Chop onions finely. In a medium pot, over medium heat, add olive oil, onions and minced meat.
  • Cover and stir occasionally.
  • Add pasta to water and boil until soft.
  • While pasta is cooking, finely grate carrots and add to the sauce; add tomato paste to the sauce and stir.
  • Add salt, pepper, and curry (more than a teaspoon may be used if desired); stir.
  • Cook sauce until it starts to stick too much to the bottom of the pot; remove from heat and cover (never add water).
  • Drain pasta and rinse well.
  • Add eggs and cheese to pasta and stir.
  • Add sauce to pasta and stir well.
  • Put ingredients into a 2 litre baking dish and put in oven.
  • Bake for 20 to 25 minutes.